Sighting 4540459
Gloomy Octopus at Batemans Marine Park
Identification history
| Octopus tetricus | 2 Jan 2024 | Jennyncmg | ||
| Unidentified | 1 Jan 2024 | NathanaelC |
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2 comments
Jennyncmg
wrote:
2 Jan 2024
I can't tell from the photo but if the suckers were orange=pink colour it was probably O.tetricus, Gloomy or Sydney Octopus
NathanaelC
wrote:
2 Jan 2024
Does this video help? https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1jNh0iPq0h/?igsh=MTJlamFldW96aTd5bA==
Location information
- Coordinates 150.303823-35.667691
- Altitude 20.0m
- Maps Batemans Marine Park
- Places South Durras, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Jan 2024 06:43 PM Recorded on
- NathanaelC Recorded by
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Collections
Marine Invertebrates Sea Shells, Sea Slugs, Octopuses & allies (Mollusca) Octopuses, Squids (Cephalopoda) NathanaelC South Coast NatureMapr
Additional information
- less than 1m Depth of sighting
Species information
- Octopus tetricus Scientific name
- Gloomy Octopus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 20m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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